Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
•The Shale Oil Party Is Ending, Phibro’s Andy Hall Warns •Wyoming May Act to Plug Abandoned Wells as Natural Gas Boom Ends •Whither the world of energy prices during the next 12 months? •How long will the fracking boom last? •Colorado Communities Could Ban Fracking Under New Proposed Amendment •Bakken Crude Found More Dangerous to Ship Than Other Oil •Shale Gas: Killing Coal without Cutting CO2 •New York State Petroleum Council Speaks Out on Fracking
I’ve noticed, over the past few years, a growing lack of enthusiasm in the formerly raucous festivities that once marked the end of one year and the beginning of another.
The two civilisation destroying situations we face are peak oil and climate change.
Mark Twain once said, "It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so." And, there are many, many things that the public and policymakers know for sure about energy that just ain’t so.
Industry expert warns of grim future of ‘recession’ driven ‘resource wars’ at University College London lecture.
A weekly review including: Oil and the Global Economy, The Middle East & North Africa, The EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook, Quote of the Week, The Briefs.
The modern world has made us more susceptible to superstition in other ways; when we spend most of our time staring at glowing rectangles rather than living in the real world…
Richard Heinberg presenting at Universidad Metropolitana (UMET) Puerto Rico.
There’s plenty of reason for anyone to be depressed these days. Yet, somehow, some people still manage to keep calm and carry on.
This special edition from the Royal Society provides comprehensive and interdisciplinary perspective on the ‘peak oil’ debate and reflects a range of views. Ultimately, it reminds us that the wolf did eventually appear – and that it would be wise to prepare.
A weekly review including: Oil and the Global Economy, The Middle East & North Africa, China, Quote of the Week, The Briefs
Improbably, the global economy has returned to growth over the past four years despite the ravages of a deflationary debt collapse, a punishing oil shock, ongoing constraint from debt and deleveraging, and stagnant global wages.
